How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Florida?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Florida, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, Dechomai Asset Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Florida?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to science organizations in Florida, $92M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Florida?

$461M reached 154 science organizations in Florida, from 1,099 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Florida.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Florida · Science

Who funds science in Florida

Florida's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$461M

granted

154

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

1,099 funders gave $461M to 154 science organizations in Florida across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Florida; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Florida is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $92M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Miami, at $84M.

Largest funders of science in Florida

The funders giving the most to science organizations in Florida, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$92M 2Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc$24M 3Dechomai Asset Trust$20M 4Vanderbilt University Medical Center$15M 5Triumph Gulf Coast Inc$15M 6American Welding Society Inc$14M 7Mote Marine Foundation Inc$11M 8Blood Cancer United Inc$10M 9The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$10M 10John Templeton Foundation$9M

Science organizations in Florida that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

University of Miami$84M

144 other science organizations$75M

Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$68M Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc$64M Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc$39M Open Sats Initiative Inc$35M The Elevate Prize Foundation Inc$31M Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$20M Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Inc$16M Aws Foundation Incorporated$15M Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc$14M

How to find science funders in Florida

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Start with the funders already active in Florida
The funders giving the most to science in Florida are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, Dechomai Asset Trust. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
60% of science money in Florida comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Florida.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Florida?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Florida, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc, Dechomai Asset Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Florida from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Florida?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to science organizations in Florida, $92M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Florida?: $461M reached 154 science organizations in Florida, from 1,099 funders. 40% came from funders also based in Florida.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.